Iron County Record | 1942-05-14 | Page 4 | War and Women Are Best Word Coiners

War and Women Are llest Word Coincrs l Cause of Many Additions To Dictionary. NEW YORK Priority, which has taken fium Mr. Ordinary American most of his luxuries and a lot of what he thought were his necessities, necessi-ties, has given him one thing a new word. Priority will be in the rew editions edi-tions of the dictionaries, Dr. Charles E. Funk, lexicographer who has been passing judgment nn words for 40 years, said as he thumbed over the last proofs of spring editions. "War and women are our best word makers," Dr. Funk said. Bottleneck, Dr. Funk said, is a perfect example of a war-born word. "It sounds like a word we have been using for years," he explained, "but as a matter of fact it will get In the dictionaries for the first time in 1U42. "I believe women coin inure words than wars. No matter what the situation, they find an expression expres-sion for it. "We have them to thank fur hairdo hair-do and beautician. Housewives have also coined vacuuming, but il has not yet been put in the dictionary." Jeep and peep, describing war vehicles, make their bow in the coming com-ing editions. Blitz is an example of words that come into the language through the back door brought in from u foreign for-eign language. War words which already have found their way Into the dictionaries Include blackout, blind tlying, fifth column and divi bomber. Quisling meaning you know what already has been included In one or two of the six standard dictionaries, diction-aries, Dr. Funk said.